Month August 1941 Calendar

About Month of August Calendar

• August is the eighth month of the year (between July and September) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.
  
  August symbols: The birthstones of August are the peridot and sardonyx. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).

Historical Events for August, 1941

• Day of Week 5th » World War II: The Battle of Smolensk (1941) called Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
• Day of Week 14th » World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
• Day of Week 15th » Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
• Day of Week 22nd » World War II: German troops reach Saint Petersburg known as Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad.
• Day of Week 29th » Tallinn, the Capital of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
• Day of Week 31st » World War II: Chetniks named Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica (1941) called Battle of Loznica.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1941

• 1st » Ron Brown (U.S. politician) known as Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1996)
• 1st » Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 2nd » Doris Coley, American singer (The Shirelles) (d. 2000)
• 2nd » Jules A. Hoffmann, Luxembourgian-French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate
• 2nd » Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
• 2nd » François Weyergans, Belgian director and screenwriter
• 3rd » Beverly Lee, American singer (The Shirelles)
• 3rd » Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
• 4th » Martin Jarvis (actor) or Martin Jarvis, English actor
• 4th » Ted Strickland, American psychologist and politician, 68th Governor of Ohio
• 5th » Bob Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 5th » Leonid Kizim, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2010)
• 5th » Airto Moreira, Brazilian-American drummer and composer (Return to Forever)
• 6th » Lyle Berman, American poker player
• 6th » Ray Culp, American baseball player
• 6th » Andrew Green (diplomat) named Andrew Green, English diplomat
• 7th » Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, English politician
• 8th » George Tiller, American physician (d. 2009)
• 9th » Way Bandy, American make-up artist (d. 1986)
• 9th » Shirlee Busbee, American author
• 10th » Anita Lonsbrough, English swimmer
• 10th » Kees van Kooten, Dutch comedian, actor, and author
• 10th » Susan Dorothea White, Australian painter and sculptor
• 11th » Alla Kushnir, Russian–Israeli chess player (d. 2013)
• 12th » Réjean Ducharme, Canadian author and playwright
• 12th » Dana Ivey, American actress and singer
• 13th » Erin Fleming, Canadian-American actress (d. 2003)
• 13th » Susan Jameson, English actress
• 14th » Lynne Cheney, American wife of Dick Cheney, 32nd Second Lady of the United States
• 14th » David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and CPR (band) named CPR)
• 14th » Connie Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 15th » Jim Brothers, American sculptor (d. 2013)
• 15th » Manolis Mavrommatis, Greek politician
• 15th » Lou Perryman, American actor (d. 2009)
• 16th » Théoneste Bagosora, Rwandan soldier
• 17th » Lothar Bisky, German politician (d. 2013)
• 17th » Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 18th » Christopher Jones (actor) named Christopher Jones, American actor (d. 2014)
• 19th » Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek educator and politician (d. 2009)
• 20th » Dave Brock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hawkwind)
• 20th » Rich Brooks, American football player and coach
• 20th » Anne Evans, English soprano
• 20th » William H. Gray (Pennsylvania politician) known as William H. Gray, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 20th » Slobodan Milošević, Serbian politician, 1st President of Serbia (d. 2006)
• 20th » Robin Oakley, English journalist and author
• 20th » Jo Ramírez, Mexican race car driver and manager
• 22nd » Bill Parcells, American football player and coach
• 23rd » Jim Ford, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 25th » Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 25th » Mario Corso, Italian footballer and coach
• 26th » Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (The Searchers (band) or The Searchers) (d. 2005)
• 26th » Jane Merrow, English actress
• 26th » Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer
• 26th » Akiko Wakabayashi, Japanese actress
• 27th » Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (d. 2011)
• 27th » János Konrád, Hungarian water polo player and swimmer
• 27th » Harrison Page, American actor
• 28th » Michael Craig-Martin, Irish painter and illustrator
• 28th » Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Belgian mother of Delphine Boël
• 28th » Toomas Leius, Estonian tennis player and coach
• 28th » John Stanley Marshall, English drummer (Nucleus (band) or Nucleus, Soft Machine, and Centipede (band) known as Centipede)
• 28th » Paul Plishka, American opera singer
• 29th » Robin Leach, English-American journalist and television host
• 31st » William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman
• 31st » Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (d. 2012)

Famous Deaths for August 1941

• 4th » Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 7th » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 12th » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 12th » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
• 14th » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 14th » Paul Sabatier (chemist) e.g Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 31st » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)

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